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John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1504 – 22 August 1553) was an English general, admiral, and politician, who led the government of the young King Edward VI from 1550 until 1553, and unsuccessfully tried to install Lady Jane Grey on the English throne after the King's death.
Sep 7, 2012 · From 1537 Jane Dudley and her children may have lived mostly at Dudley Castle, Staffordshire, which John Dudley had acquired from a cousin, the Baron Dudley, also known as “Lord Quondam”. Despite having inherited huge debts, the baron was unable to give up spending.
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John Dudley, duke of Northumberland was an English politician and soldier who was the virtual ruler of England from 1549 to 1553, during the minority of King Edward VI. Almost all historical sources regard him as an unscrupulous schemer whose policies undermined England’s political stability.
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Feb 26, 2024 · Known as the “wicked Duke”, John Dudley was a powerful Tudor statesman who served loyally during the reign of Henry VIII and his son, Edward VI, before a plot to usurp the Catholic Queen Mary led to his untimely demise.
May 29, 2020 · A timeline chronology of the life of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, who married his son Guildford to Lady Jane Grey.
Overview. Duke of Northumberland, John Dudley. (1502—1553) Quick Reference. ( c. 1505–53). Dudley had a brilliant but brief career at the very top of Tudor politics. His father, Henry VII's financier Edmund Dudley, was executed in 1510. His mother Elizabeth Grey, daughter of Viscount Lisle, remarried in 1511.
